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North Carolina's largest health insurer will be allowed to raise premiums by between 16 percent and 24 percent on policies that would have been canceled for failing to meet minimum requirements required by the federal overhaul law, the state's insurance commissioner said Tuesday.

The medical-loss ratio rule could also face revision.

So the Supreme Court will revisit the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Thirty percent of exchange applicants are eligible for subsidies, according to Avalere Health, far below the 84 percent of enrollees ultimately expected to qualify for financial assistance.

The state-based marketplace had received just 1,750 completed applications as of Nov. 15.

Washington state's Medicaid program that gives free health insurance to the poor is working with the federal government on an experiment that is expected to save taxpayer dollars and improve services.